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I think this is a solution in need of a problem, unless you show proof that it actually improves your gameplay. And it would have to show improvement over norma

I think this is a solution in need of a problem, unless you show proof that it actually improves your gameplay. And it would have to show improvement over normal practice, rather than no practice at all.

arxanas 6y ago
What would "normal" practice be?
doggosphere 6y ago
You don't need to prove that practicing improves gameplay. Anyone serious enough to invest time into mechanical repetitions already knows the benefits of training and doesn't need convincing. All sports have repeating structure and volume of work, I don't think this approach to practice is so revolutionary that it needs evidence of value.
gwern 6y ago
Blocking training has a decent amount of evidence for it in general: https://www.gwern.net/Spaced-repetition#motor-skills https://www.gwern.net/Spaced-repetition#motor-skills "In the end, I used ssb.fit because 1) smash.training got taken (!)" Incidentally, I wonder if OP got frontrun by domain squatters there? It was registered December 2019, just a few months before he released. Did OP do some domain searches in December while musing about the idea? I remember a similar experience with https://www.thiswaifudoesnotexist.net/ https://www.thiswaifudoesnotexist.net/ - I joked on Twitter about making 'thiswaifudoesnotexist.com' and a few hours later, I decided it was a funny enough idea I ought to actually make it... And I discovered the domain had just been registered. I can only assume there are domain squatters who pay for Twitter feeds, look up all domains, and purchase unregistered ones either to harvest traffic or to sell to loose-lipped people like myself. (Fortunately, I didn't need that TLD, so I refused to pay the danegeld and registered the .net instead.)
- arxanas 6y ago
  Yeah, I'm pretty sure I got front-run, because I did do some searches ahead of time. Oh, well.

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I think this is a solution in need of a problem, unless you show proof that it actually improves your gameplay. And it would have to show improvement over norma

by rubatuga 6y ago

arxanas 6y ago
What would "normal" practice be?
doggosphere 6y ago
You don't need to prove that practicing improves gameplay. Anyone serious enough to invest time into mechanical repetitions already knows the benefits of training and doesn't need convincing. All sports have repeating structure and volume of work, I don't think this approach to practice is so revolutionary that it needs evidence of value.
gwern 6y ago
Blocking training has a decent amount of evidence for it in general: https://www.gwern.net/Spaced-repetition#motor-skills https://www.gwern.net/Spaced-repetition#motor-skills "In the end, I used ssb.fit because 1) smash.training got taken (!)" Incidentally, I wonder if OP got frontrun by domain squatters there? It was registered December 2019, just a few months before he released. Did OP do some domain searches in December while musing about the idea? I remember a similar experience with https://www.thiswaifudoesnotexist.net/ https://www.thiswaifudoesnotexist.net/ - I joked on Twitter about making 'thiswaifudoesnotexist.com' and a few hours later, I decided it was a funny enough idea I ought to actually make it... And I discovered the domain had just been registered. I can only assume there are domain squatters who pay for Twitter feeds, look up all domains, and purchase unregistered ones either to harvest traffic or to sell to loose-lipped people like myself. (Fortunately, I didn't need that TLD, so I refused to pay the danegeld and registered the .net instead.)
- arxanas 6y ago
  Yeah, I'm pretty sure I got front-run, because I did do some searches ahead of time. Oh, well.